Metal fencepost



0. M. KNOX.

METAL FENCEPOST.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30. I92I- 1,41 9,633. Patented June 13, 1922.

4 42 pjf WEE , ORVILLE M. KNOX, 013 KNOXBORO, NEW YORK.

METAL FENCEPDST.

Application filed. September 30, 1921. Serial No. 504,332.

T 0 all to 710m it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORVILLE M. KNOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxboro, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Fenceposts, of which the following is a specification.

F This invention relates to metal fenceposts, and has for its object to provide a device of the class to be disposed in an excavated post-hole, wherein it is held rigidly in place by concrete or similar anchoring or binding means. A further object is to provide a post body consisting of a flat rectangular bar of iron or steel adapted to be partially set in the earth, and whose lower end is provided with similar oppositely facing anchor-lugs which rest upon the bottom of the post-hole. A' further object is to provide a detachable anchor-plate which is lowered into the hole until it rests upon the anchor-lugs, and upon which the body of concrete rests. And a further object is to provide a detachable metal part for seourely bracing the medial portion of the body of the post, the said brace being embedded in the top surface of the concrete which holds the brace from detachment from the post, while the said brace prevents lateral or other movement of the post.

The various features and parts of the invention will be understood from the detailed description which follows, and by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete post; showing the several part-s embedded in concrete. Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same. Fig. 8 is a top-plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the anchor-plate. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the brace. And Fig. 6 is a broken edge view of the post.

In the drawing, 2 represents the body of the post, which is preferably made of iron or steel, having parallel sides and edges. The lower-end of the body 2 is preferably split, as at 2', for providing similar lugs 2 -2 which are then bent in opposite directions at right angles to the body, for providing suit able anchoring means, as best seen in Figs.

1, 2 and 6. After the post-hole is dug the required depth, the split-end of the post is lowered to the bottom of the hole, after which a relatively broad preferably square anchorplate 3, also made of iron or steel and having a central rectangular opening 3 is I slipped downwardly over the post 2 until it comes to rest upon the lugs 2 The hole is then filled with concrete or other suitable filling 4, until the hole is substantially filled. Just before the last of concrete 4 1S placed in the hole, a brace 5, onsisting of a relatively heavy bar of metal is placed horizontally at right angles and against the post 2 (see Figs. 1 and 2). The brace 5 is provided with similarly spaced vertically arranged lugs 5, which extend across one side of the body for providing a relatively deep socket or groove 5 which receives one edge of the post 2, as best seen in Fig. 3. The remainder of the concrete is then applied to the hole, for rigidly embedding and holding the brace 5 in place, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In the preferred arrangement of the parts, the top surface of the concrete 4 is brought flush with the top edge of the brace 5. When the post 2 is set in hard earth, the post-hole may be of less depth. which requires less concrete, and the brace 5 may accordingly be set at different levels, as shown by the full lines, and by the lowermost dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. When, however, the post is set in soft or marshy earth and consequently requires deeper setting, the concrete 4- may be filled in to a greater depth, and the brace 5 positioned at a correspondingly higher level, as shown by the uppermost dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2.. The post 2 is preferably set in such manner that its narrowest edges or sides face in the direction of the course of the fence, and when so disposed, the brace 5 prevents the lateral rocking or swaying of the post, and the said brace also prevents any movement of the exposed portion of the post edgewise. An additional brace 5 may be placed at the opposite edge of the post, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, for further strengthening the fence. The provision of the anchor-lugs 22 and the relatively broad anch0r-plate 3, afford an effectual anchorage for the lower end of the post, while the brace 5 rigidly holds the medial portion of the post from loosening or shifting out of plumb.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is'

1. A metal fence-post, comprising a rectangular body, having oppositely facing anchor-lugs projecting at right angles to its bottom end adapted to rest upon the bottom of a post'hole, an anchor-plate mounted on said lugs and embracing the body adapted to support a mass of concreteby Which the post is anchored, and a brace adapted to be embedded in the top surface of the concrete and having a lateral socket to receive one edge of the body for preventing loosening and swaying of the top-end of the body.

2. A fence-post comprising a flat bar of metal having its lowerend split for providing oppositely facing horizontal anchor-lugs 7 adapted to rest upon the bottom ofa. postho1c,a perforated anchor-plate adapted to be 7 ORVILL-E M. KNOX" 

